tethering

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Sharing your internet connection on a Windows 11 PC through the built-in mobile hotspot feature is a powerful but often overlooked capability—one that can transform your desktop or laptop into a connectivity hub for other devices. Whether you’re facing Wi-Fi dead zones, working in an environment...

Sharing your internet connection has become a standard part of modern digital life, but many Windows 11 users are still surprised to learn that their PC can easily serve as a mobile hotspot. This simple yet powerful feature can transform your laptop or desktop into a wireless access point...

Originally, I thought that all of the network traffic in a guest OS directly goes through the host OS and whatever firewall regulation is on the host OS, will also be applied onto the guest OS. But it turns out that this is completely false. As far as I understand it, the network-relationship...

Hi, I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Is there some way I can use Windows Firewall to only allow access to the internet for email (I use outlook 2013) and also say Chrome Browser? Occasionally I use my iPhone to tether my windows 7 laptop, but I have a very limited data plan. I...

I am trying to setup my MiFi 500 on my Windows 7 - 64 bit professional desktop. I have a cradle amplifier and a 12 inch antenna outside and use USB tethering. The MiFi 500 shows a 6 bar signal. It showed activating and updating, but the home page won’t open. Also the drivers tried to install but...

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I've used PdaNet+ for USB tethering without problems, but now I get the BSOD upon connection. I've uninstalled it from the phone and laptop and then reinstalled from both Google Play and the developer's site, either directly or to my phone first and then to my laptop. During installation I'm...

Hello, I connect to the internet by tethering my android phone to my netbook (Toshiba NB505 running Windows 7 Starter). This has worked well for a very long time. The other day I went to play my morning crossword and received an error stating that xw_control.xml could not be found. I googled...

Hello, as an update to be discussed and dissected over time, here is what we know about the changes in Windows 8.1, formerly referred to as the "Windows Blue" update. Pricing Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 as a free update sometime this year for all Windows 8 and Windows 8 Professional...

If you’re an owner of the LG Quantum/c900, you may have noticed that your carrier hasn’t enabled Internet Sharing on the device. This is a universal problem for all carriers with the exception of Telstra (Australia). Internet sharing is a feature that Microsoft made available in Mango, to...

Fixes an issue in which an application that uses the filter driver cannot intercept any incoming or outgoing packets on a computer that is running Windows 7. This issue occurs if a Bluetooth device that supports the tethering feature is connected to the... More...

I recently went from a Windows Vista Notebook to a Windows 7 Notebook. Tethering has always been easy with Windows Vista and my T-Mobile HTC Dash 3G. But now with Win 7, no WiFi on/off switch, connecting to the Win 7 Notebook by USB, and going through the same steps: Start>Device...

please help... i have a netbook with win 7 starter edition. i connected via usb to my android 2.2 phone. when i switched on usb tether on the phone, the netbook connected but didnt allow internet access. i'm quite sure this is a win7 setting issue, not android coz i have tethered the same phone...

Hi guys, not sure if this question is for Windows 7 or for Android forum, but I'll ask and maybe you can tell me on which side is the problem. I am trying to connect my Android phone as a hotspot for my laptop instead of the wireless router. I manage to activate the hotspot tethering, in the...

I have a phone which I occasionally use (tethered) as my internet connection upstairs. It all works fine and dandy on my laptop (win 7 32) and it used to work on my PC until I messed it up, after it failed and I tried to install drivers for it. it went badly wrong and I tried loads of drivers...

Running two laptops w/7, we have been using satellite internet because that is all that is available where we live. Recently turned it off (long story), anyway I now have my laptop tethered to my cell phone, under a second homegroup. I have "bridged" the connection between the wi-fi router and...

Well, here 'ya go. It's almost midnight. I have been working on this installation every night when I get home from work since Friday the 23rd. Many, many hours now. I'm going to reveal my solution to this installation problem right after this lengthy, yet abbriviated diatribe: I downloaded...

Hi I have a Dell Studio 1535 with a Dell Wireless 370 halfcard. I have recently bought an iPhone 3Gs and can tether it happily via USB but can't when I try to do this through Bluetooth. When I attempt to pair the phone (untethered - following advice on another post) I get an error when...

hello guys.. i am running windows 7. and for some reason i cannot tether from my iphone. When i connect my iphone via usb and i turn on tethering.. I go to network adapter and i see a new network called LOCAL AREA CONNECTION 3 which is apple movile device ethernet#2. But when i check the...